Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) major crash investigations unit are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred at approximately 4:17 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2020 at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and L’Enfant Square SE.
The vehicle failed to negotiate a turn and left the roadway. When the vehicle left the roadway, it struck a pedestrian on the sidewalk inside a parking area. The pedestrian has been identified as 32 year-old Loleita Patricia Gross of Southeast, DC.
The vehicle’s occupants fled the scene and the vehicle was left on the scene.
DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the victim to a local hospital. After all life-saving efforts failed, The victim was pronounced dead.
On Thursday, Dec. 10, MPD detectives arrested a suspect in connection to the traffic fatality. The suspect, 33 year-old Rosa Bishop of Southeast DC, has been arrested and is being charged with second-degree murder.
